D&D 5E And just like that, no one cares about Frostmaiden any longer

[Gradine]

Maybe if we start a thread about the Nentir Vale we can talk about how to use Tasha's in Rime?

Yeah, but then there's a 50-50 chance that the thread will devolve into one man's quixotic campaign to convince the world that Kaius I and Kaius III are not the same person.

 

[Scott Christian]

I mean I don't care about Ravnica or the Sword Coast as settings so I don't really care to read their fluff. I'm interested in Theros for exemple, and maybe after this stupid plague I might buy it and DM in it... but I'm not gonna spend money on a bunch of fluff I don't have much interest in that I could find summarized in a wiki, or mechanics that don't interest me either. I'm not made of money.

If I'm only a player then I don't care to buy DM books because that's not the world I'll be playing in anyway and I have no use for the fluff, especially if its a world I don't (like Ravnica). If I DM I'm not gonna buy books I don't have intention to use.

I sank too much into books I never used last edition, so I'm much more selective now. Heck, I didn't even buy Xanathar's yet.

I get it. Selective based on economy is something I think we all understand. And not using the world, I get that too. I thought you might buy a book and then only read one tiny section because that is all you needed. My bad. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[Nikosandros]

That's a weird acronym for the Tasha book. I mean, you didn't even capitalize the T. And where is the C or the E? Realms of Tasha, Famous Magician?

That's the acronym for Rime of the Frostmaiden

 

[aco175]

The day it is released we will be back talking about what YouTube unboxing is the best, I'm sure.

 

[Ancalagon]

so do we have a list of the re-printed subcasses? I hear artificer and blade signer, anything else?

 

[Sacrosanct]

so do we have a list of the re-printed subcasses? I hear artificer and blade signer, anything else?

 

[Mistwell]

That's the acronym for Rime of the Frostmaiden

Yes.

I know.

It was a joke.

See the thread title?

 

[Ancalagon]

thank you.

I'm a bit sad that tiny servant isn't reprinted, given that it's the most important spell in the game.

 

[ChaosOS]

To the actual topic - The overwhelming majority of D&D hobbyists run homebrew games of some sort. Only about 30% run in the realms, based on some product surveys. Of that number, I bet not everyone runs the modules. So what, maybe 20% of games are using the modules? By contrast, everyone who plays 5e can use TCoE. Some people of course may be upset with balance, design changes from UA, or other bits and pieces, but if you have the disposable income to by Tasha's it's going to improve your game. Yes, sometimes modules have things you can swipe - magic items, some rules such as extreme weather survival - but it's almost certainly far more limited than what you get out of a generic supplement. On top of that, WotC does a new module every year, but they've only done these player rules supplements every 2 years - Tasha's is far more unique in that regard. And finally, as another poster mentioned, they've been extremely tight lipped about the contents of Rime while we already have lots of basis to speculate on Tasha's.

Off topic, as someone who bought Rising from the Last War (the most reprinted book between the Artificer and the Group Patrons), I'm totally fine with that because I skipped out on the MTG books. WotC is almost certainly correct that anyone who has bought all of the books with reprinted content will buy Tasha's anyways. The downside for DDB is there of course, but I wouldn't be surprised if they offer a few dollar discount for people that own reprinted content on the platform.

 

[jerryrice4949]

OK, maybe a bit hyperbolic, and yes, the announcement of Tasha's Cauldron is recent news, but I suspect the conversation will still revolve around Tashas and not RotFM. I think it shows that expanded character options get a lot more attention to adventure paths. Which makes total sense.

As an aside, how does everyone feel about reprinting subclasses in this book that appear elsewhere (like bladesinger, eloquence bard, etc)?

Doesn't sit right with me, and for people who bought those previous versions have a legit beef, IMO

Disagree, I am stoked about both. These will be the 1st books I bought since 2017. Well 1st WoTC books; I buy a fair amount of third party stuff.